Potter and Potter Auctions: Literature and Legerdemain, 22201, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026
Page Size: 424 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
200

[ALEXANDER]. Pair of Modern First, Limited Editions About Alexander, including: CHARVET, David and POMEROY, John. Alexander the Man Who Knows

[Pasadena, CA] [2004] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
201 ALBO, Robert (1932-2011)

Classic Magic Series

San Francisco 1973 -- 2005 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,750.00
202 ALBO, Robert (1932-2011) and SCHWARTZ, Philip M.

The Ultimate Thayer

2010 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 812.50
203 ALBO, Robert (1932-2011)

The Ultimate Okito

[Piedmont, CA] 2007 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
204 ALBO, Robert (1932-2011)

The Ultimate Okito Addendum

[Piedmont, CA] 2008 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
205 ALEXANDER, Scott

Denny Haney Collected Wisdom. The Life, Lessons, and Legacy of Denny Haney and the Denny & Lee Show

[2020] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 593.75
206 BANACHEK

Psychological Subtleties Series

[Houston, TX] [2010, 2007, 2009] USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 250.00
207 BANNON, John

High Caliber

Chicago [2013] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
208 WRIGHT, T. Page

[BOOK TEST] Shadows in the Moonlight

Los Angeles 1927 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 343.75
209

[BOOK TESTS]. Trio of Sherlock Holmes Force Books

[New York] [1979] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 875.00
210 BLACK HERMAN [RUCKER, Benjamin (1889-1934)]

Black Herman's Secrets Of Magic -- Mystery & Legerdemain...

New York [1938] USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 281.25
211 BISS, James

Pair of Limited First Editions of His Books on Mentalism

[Hamilton, ON] [2005, 2008] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 750.00
212 BLOOM, Gaetan (b. 1953)

Full Bloom

[Seattle] 2013 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
213 BLUMELE, Robert and Leo Behnke

The Incredible Dr. Jaks

Loveland 2014 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 593.75
214

[BOYS' MAGAZINES]. Group of 18 Bound Volumes of Boys' Magazines

[V.p.] [ca. 19th -- 20th centuries] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 1,187.50
215 BRITLAND, David (b. 1958)

The Mind & Magic of David Berglas

Burbank 2002 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 468.75
216 BROWN, Derren (b. 1971)

Three Derren Brown Magic Books

-2000 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
217 BUCK, Dan and Dave

If an Octopus Could Palm

Los Angeles 2011 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
218 BUCKLEY, Arthur (1890-1953)

Trio of First Editions

[V.p.] [1946-1948] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
219 BUFFUM, Richard (1921 - 2003), et al.

Keep the Wheels Turning

Alhambra and Azusa [1977/1992] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
220 BURGER, Eugene and Jeff McBride

Mystery School

Seattle -2003 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
221 BURLINGAME, H. J. (1852-1915)

Around the World with a Magician and a Juggler

Chicago 1891 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 218.75
222 BURLINGAME, H.J. (1852 -- 1915)

Herrmann The Magician

Chicago 1897 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
223 BUX, Amir

How to Become a Magician

[Ca. 1900] USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 875.00
224

[CARD TRICKS]. Group of 22 Modern Titles About Card Tricks

[V.p.] [ca. 20th -- 21st centuries] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.